Bell-piano.



.No- 878,387. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

J. HAVASSY.

BELL PIANO.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13.1907.

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i 4 l. \BD) lNVENTO/f WITNESSES any/@10 I TTORNEYS- WEITi-iilii JOEHAVASSY, OF OOPPEELHILL, TENNESSEE.

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Specificatien of Latte Application filed Jun-e l3. 1907i Serial No.373599,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOE HAvAssY, a subject of the King of Hungary, and aresident of Copperhill, in the county of Poll; and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and lmproved Bell-Piano, of which the following isa, .iull, clea-r,end exact description.

The invention relates to musical instruments, and its object is toprovide a new and improved bell piano, which issimple and durable inconstruction and arranged to permit of pro erly soundin the bells onplaying the piano eye, and to amp the bells Whenever desired uponactuating a pedal mech amsm. I

' The invention consists of novel features and "piirts and combinationsof the same,

which he more fully described hereinafterend then pointed out in theclaims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented the accompanyingdrawings forming e part of this specification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corms ending parts in both views.

igure 1 is 2:. cross section of the improve-- ment (in-the line 1 i ofFig. 2, and Fig. 2 is a. sectional front elevation of the same on theline 2 2' of Fig. 1.

The casing E'of the hell iano, is preferably in the iorm simiies to theonegiven to upright pianos, and on the casing A is mounted e key-hoard.B, heviug the usual white keys B and thehlsci: keys B The. white keys Bare connected at their rear ends with cords C passing: thseugh guiderings D etteehed to the es ing A, tnecords bein connected with Spllfigstrikers E fastene to e rail F attached to the casein A. Each striker Eis adapted to strike a be ll G sus ended b a shank G from a raii ettaced to t e casing A, the arrangement being such that each key actuates estriker E for soundin a corres ending beil G, the striker E on re easeof ti 2. key immediately returning to its inactive position, that is,out of contact with the hell G. The rear end of each black key B isconnected with a cord C extending through a guide ring D and connectinrwith a. spring striker E attached to a rail fastened to the casin A,each strike": E being adapted to sound at hell G sus pended by itsshank. G from a rail H attached to the casing A. By the esrange mentdeseribed two series of bells end G are employed, of which the bells Gare tuned to the tones of the dietonic scale,

scale of a. desired nunwei In order to diminthe eri damper rails .i toslide in suit errenged in the sides 0* ng The oeri'iper rails l and iprovided at their under sides with strips i 1 431 elt or ethe; suitableF118;- tcrial, to damp the oi heiis G and G Whenever the coiresnondingdarn; ej' rail 1 or I is moved downvierd. The damper rails I and I arenoi'emliy heldv in an most inactive position hv l l em as i in thedamper the hearings A, It

rails I and so neat. hy stirrups is, n with. cords L, L", extendindownwardly and 7 passing ove'iguide pulleys v N then cennect with pedalsQ, i) a anged the lower pert oithe casing-A. Th when the pedal U ispressed the damper rail 1 moved downward against the ten .0 of thesprings all the bells to damp same, and when l. *1) then the position byetion of i s springs J. in e manner when "ale pedal series of hells G,and WJUQ f:

lei sed then foil 7 so that the strip moves in contact with the operatorreleases T l damper mil .1 returns to its nosmal inactive U is pressedthe dam reil nermel n 1: iii LlSlL the sounds-:2. A

Q properly sounded damped by Dressing; O 01 G]. L-

suspension oi tin. 1 rails i and i bells.

in order to accommoda e the hells in eeoh meal-sseries, I prefer toinelre the bells c tively "lie-t, end i .te strike the {rout of theullS; so to exteriorly the front when nrwe' spending key.

Having thus described invention,

claim as new, and desire tdse'cur'e' by Letters Patent:-' p 1 t 1. Abell piano comprising a-series of suspended bells, a key-board havingkeys, a

spring striker for engaging each' bell exteriori'y, a cord connectionbetween'each key and a striker to sound the corresponding bell, asliding and spring-pressed damper railfor engaging the series of bells,and a pedal connectedwith 'the said damper rail to move the latter inengagement with the i .saids'eries of bells on pressing the said'pedal,

,2. A bell'piano comprising a series of suspendedbells, akey-boardhaving keys, a

spring strikerfor engaging each bell eilzt'e-" riorly, a cord connectionbetween each keyand a striker to sound the corres Finding bel-l ,a dcally' and. ada ted to engage the seriesof bells, a pedal damper rail tomove the latter in engage?) nient withthe said series-of bells 011pressing the saiclfpedal, and springs'forreturning the amper-railmounted-to sli( e Marti-t connected with the .said

saiddamper rail to normal inactive position on'releasing the pedal.

3. A bell piano comprising ,a-se'ries of suspendedbells, a key-boardhaving keys, a

' sprin'g-striltjrti-ftji each bell, a cord connectron betwe'eireach keyand a striker tos'ound theflcorrespo'ndmg bell, a spring -'presseddamperrail normally held out of engagement. with the'said bells, apedal, and a cord (refined {Zion Y between the said pedal and the Isaiii damper railto moveTthe latter: in con- ,Sfi-"tact with the saidseries 0tv bells and against :the tension of the springsof the damperrail.

4. A bell piano comprising two series of suspended bells,'the bells ofone series being tuned to the tones of a diatonic scale and the other.series of bells to semitones, the two series of bells completing thechromatic scale through a plurality of octaves, sets of spring strikersfor engaging the said series of bells exteriorly, a.keyboard havingwhite and black keys,-and cord connections between the said series ofstrikers and the white and black keys of the key-board. r 5. A bellpiano, comprising two series of suspended bells, the bells of one seriesbeing tuned to the tones of a diatonic scale and the other series ofbells to semitones, the two series of bells completing the chromaticscale through a'plurality of octaves, sets of spring strikers forengaging the series of bells, exterierly, a keyboard having white' and3145p keys, cord connections between the 1d series of strikers and thewhite and black keysofthe key-board, damper-rails mounted to slideup anddown, springs on which rest.

the said rails, the springs normally holding the damper rails out ofengagement with pedals and the i

